How To Install gftools on Debian 12

Learn how to install gftools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gftools is Google Fonts Tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gftools on Debian 12.

What is gftools

gftools is:

This project contains tools used for working with the Google Fonts collection, plus Google Fonts Glyph Set Documentation in the /encodings subdirectory. While these tools are primarily intended for contributors to the Google Fonts project, anyone who works with fonts could find them useful.

There are three methods to install gftools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gftools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gftools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gftools

Install gftools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gftools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gftools

Install gftools Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gftools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gftools

How To Uninstall gftools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gftools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gftools

Uninstall gftools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gftools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gftools

Remove gftools Configurations and Data

To remove gftools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gftools

Remove gftools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gftools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gftools

Dependencies

gftools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gftools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.